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  • Kerry Calls on Nigeria to Stop Human Rights Abuses

    ADDIS ABABA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Nigerian authorities are working to stop human rights abuses by security forces in their fight against Boko Haram militants. The U.S. top diplomat made the remarks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, where he took part in ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the African Union. Secretary Kerry said there is no denying the ...

  • World Kerry stresses respect for human rights with Nigerian president

    John Kerry , who last week expressed concern about allegations of gross human rights violations by Nigerian forces fighting the Boko Haram Islamist sect, raised the issue with the country's president directly on Saturday, a U.S. official ...

  • Freed Nigerian hostages tell of ordeal

    They spent more than two weeks in captivity and now Al Jazeera has gained access to nine women and children taken hostage by Boko Haram. Thousands of Nigerian troops took part in the operation that freed them in Maiduguri on Friday. But rights groups say the government may have exploited the incident to take control of the region and impose emergency law. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege ...

  • Former Nigeria coach urges Super Eagles to beat Kenya

    Former Nigeria's Super Eagles head coach Christian Chukwu has charged the team to defeat the Harambee Stars of Kenya in a crucial 2014 World Cup qualifier, even in the absence of some key players.Three Super Eagles top midfield players Mikel Obi, Victor Moses and Kalu Uche have been ruled out of the crucial encounter, due to injuries.Chukwu told reporters in Lagos on Saturday that he was ...

  • Nigerian federation recalls basketball coaches

    The Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF) has recalled three former coaches of the men's senior basketball team.Tijani Umar, President of NBBF who announced the decision at a news conference in Abuja late on Friday, said the resolution was based on their exploits in the past.Umar said they were recalled to help fine-tune the team ahead of the Afrobasket tournament scheduled to take place in ...

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Playtime [DVD]

Playtime [DVD]

In an article titled The Death of Hulot originally published in Sight & Sound in 1983, film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum gave Jacques Tatis Playtime its most apt description: the masterpiece that wrecked his career. A decade in the making and, at the time, the most expensive film ever ... ...

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  • Nigeria calls up 12 basketball players to camp

    Nigeria has called up 12 players to camp from the domestic basketball premier league to prepare for the 2013 Afrobasket basketball event.President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) Tijani Umar disclosed this to reporters in Abuja on Saturday, saying the players would report to camp on Sunday, May 26.Umar told reporters that the 12 players are going to come to Abuja for the national ...

  • Bombing attackers in Niger come from S Libya media

    The two car-bomb attacks happened in Niger was launched by attackers from neighboring Libya, Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou was quoted as saying on Saturday.The attackers came from "south of Libya", basing on the information available, Mahamadou Issoufou told TV channel France 24.Suicide bombers killed at least 20 people in separate attacks, which were claimed by two ...

  • Emergency rule Police dismiss fear of backlash in Plateau

    By Taye Obateru & Hope Ofobike The police in Plateau State have allayed the fears of residents over the speculation that some of the insurgents being dislodged from the three states where emergency rule has been declared were finding their way to the state, saying there is no cause for alarm. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chris Olakpe, said at a press briefing that residents had ...

  • Niger Attackers came from Libya

    Niger's president said suicide bombers who carried out simultaneous attacks on a military installation and a French-run uranium mine came from southern ...

  • Police rescue four kidnapped foreigners in Port-Harcourt

    By JIMITOTA ONOYUME POLICE have rescued four kidnapped foreigners at Borikiri area of Port Harcourt. Confirming the development, Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Angela Agabe, gave the victims names as Vadym Shytov, from Ukraine; Obaya Marak, from Kiribati; Mikhail Teresgji, from Russia and Oleksiv Ishmyetvev, from Ukraine. She said the men were abducted off the coast of ...

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